Fairfax County authorities are investigating an explosion that destroyed a house in Chantilly.
Battalion Chief Chris Schaff told the Associated Press that the blast happened at a house in Lees Corner Road about 9 p.m. Sunday. He said officials had been called to the scene to investigate an odor of gas in the area.
Firefighters arrived to find the house on fire, and it took hours to put out the flames. No one was home.
